_Whipping Boys._--Will any correspondent of "N. & Q." inform me when
ceased the custom of male heirs apparent to the throne of England having
whipping boys? when and why it originated? what remuneration such boys
received? and whether our queens had during their state of pupillage any
such kinds of convenience. I have only met with the names of two
whipping boys; Brown, who stood for Edward VI., and Mungo Murray, who
did the like for Charles.